A Small but Cute Card

This time I used the A6 version of the Innocence stamp set to create a 5" x 5" card.  I coloured Innocence to match the background.

WOYWW 569: Three Weeks To Go

Only three weeks to go to the 11th anniversary of What's On Your Workdesk Wednesday.  That is an impressive length of time for a weekly link up to have been taking place and it is thanks to Julia at The Stamping Ground (ably supported by  Lunch Lady Jan), that it has kept going for so long.  So here's my contribution for this week.

As you can probably tell, my desk has been shamelessly staged this week.  All the tags that I have made in the last fortnight are on display (the last four will be blogged on Saturday and Sunday).  Tom and Peter are still keeping me company and I have a new book on the go (Peace comes to the Chalet School by Katherine Bruce).  It seems an appropriate book to be reading at present, as we approach the 75th anniversary of VE Day on May 8th.  I have also looked out my Clarity postcards, ready for the colouring sessions with Barbara Gray on FB live starting next week (10am every weekday morning).  I am working from home today and like to get an early start so I can take a short break at 10am to catch the live doodle session from the SHAC shack. 

I thought I'd better show a close up of the seahorse card that was on my desk last week as so many asked about it.  The stamp is from Claritystamp, designed by Cherry Green and it is done on watercolour card.  I can't say more, as I made it as part of an online workshop with Maria Moorhouse.  I have just sent off for her second, distance stamp class, so await a package of materials through the post.
I'll be along to visit later today.  A shout out to the Y8 pupils and the lovely Y7 pupils who made a video, in response to the one made by the staff.  I'll finish with the tag that I shared as part of that video.

A Layered Tag with Home Made Washi Tape

There are always four prompts for the monthly challenge over on Tag It Tuesday. April’s are: Use Washi tape, use an old greeting card, tint any medium and use through a stencil and use gears. As you will see, I only used two of the prompts, the minimum number.

Quarantine Quickie #19 and #20: Cold Feet / By the Book

With these two tags, my journal now has 20 pages on the book ring.  I am still thoroughly enjoying interpreting the Quarantine Quickie prompts over on Mission Inspiration.

Quarantine Quickie #17 and #18: Square One / Opposites Attract

For the first of this pair of tags I reworked an idea that I used for my ABC tag journal back in 2017 (Geometric: see HERE), also in response to prompts on Mission Inspiration. 

Texture on Kraft Card using the Innocence Mixed Impressions Stamps

For my second sample using the Innocence stamps by Dee Fitzsimmons, I decided to focus on the Mixed Impressions texture stamps rather than the character herself.  I also fell back on a technique that I enjoy, white embossing on kraft card.

Innocence in Watercolour

I enjoyed playing with the new Innocence stamps designed by Dee Fitzsimmons for Claritystamp.  This is the first character to get matching texture stamps for backgrounds.  They can be seen today at 9am and 1pm on Hochanda.  Here is my first sample.